Cabinet



M. LESTER April 1 1924.

CABINET Filed March 13, 1922 E 5 Pm m u ..w l /M\ Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES PAT E" MACK LEST'ER, OF PORTLALND, OBEGON. i

CABINET.

Application filed March 13, 1922.

To all 'whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, MACK LESTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to cabinets in general, and particularly to suchcabinets as are used for receiving goods delivered at residences andlike places by delivery men, the object being to provide such a cabinetthat will be securely locked whenever it contains goods, that will keepsuch goods fresh and clean until removed, and from which the containedgoods can only be removed from the inside of the building to which thecabinet is attached.

I accomplish the above object by means of the Construction illustratedin the accompanying drawing, which is a part of this application, andwhich is a perspective View of such a cabinet embodying my invention.

In its preferred form the cabinet is a rectangular box l provided with acover 2 hinged thereupon, said door being provided with a notched tongue3 adapted to coact with a looking device of novel Construction disposedwithin the box 1.

Pivoted upon one side of the box 1 at a point 4: is a plate 5 extendingtowards the front of the box, and terminating in a tongue 6 bentnormally to the plate 5 and extending into the opening of the box front.At the rear end of the plate 5 above the pivotal point 4 is a fiange 7bent normally to the plate 5, and in an orifice in said flange ismounted a spring 8, the opposite end of which spring projects through anorifice in that edge of the box 1 surrounding the front opening thereof.Said spring causes the plate 5 to stay in its uppermost position, therebeing a suitable stop 9 against which said plate rests when in saidposition.

A platform 10 is provided for the recep tion of goods, one end of whichplatform is bent downward normally to the body thereof and rests uponthe bottom of the box 1, as shown at 11. The opposite end of saidplatform is Suspended by a rod 12 which is hooked into a flange 13 bentnormally to the plate 5 and integral therewith.

When there are no goods resting upon the platform 10 the plate 5 is heldin its uppermost position against the stop 9, in

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which position the tongue 6 is too high to engage with the notch in thedoor tongue 3 should the door be closed, but should goods be placed uponthe platform, the weight thereof will lower the platform and cause theplate 5 to be so lowered that when the door 2 is closed the tongue 6will engage with the notch in the door tongue 3 and securely lock thedoor.

A rod 14 engages an orifice in the fiange 7 and passes through anorifice in the back of the box 1, and thence through the building wallinto the interier of the building to which the cabinet is attached,terminating in a knob 15. When it desired to release goods that havebeen locken in the cabinet by a deliveryman, a pull upon the rod 14:from within the building will raise the plate 5 and release the tongue 6from engagement with the notch in the door tongue 3, thereby unlockingthe door 2. When the door 2.is closed it Contacts with the projectingend of the spring 12, shown at 12 pressing the same rearward into thecabinet, and when the door is unlocked by a pull upon the rod 14 theprojecting end 12 of the spring 12 causes the door to open slightly,thus preventing the door from flying back and becoming again lockedbefore the goods have been taken from the cabinet.

The cabinet is attached to the side of the building by screws 16 throughthe rear side of the cabinet.

It is obvious that said attaching screws 16 and the entire lookingmechanism are inaccessible from the outside when the cabinet is locked,and that once goods have been locked therein by a deliveryman the onlyway to release the same is to pull upon the rod 14 from within thebuilding. The goods are therefore protected from thieves as well as keptclean when locked within the cabinet.

My device may be made of any size, and constructed of any materialsdeemed convenient and suitable for a device of this character, and whileI have illustrated and described a form of construction and arrangementof parts found desirable in materializing my invention, I wish toinclude in this application all mechanical equivalents and substitutesthat may fairly be considered to come within the scope and purview of myinvention as defined in the appended claim&

Having disclosed my invention so that others may be enabled to constructand to use the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. A cabinet; a door hinged thereto; a notched tongue upon said door; apia-te pivoted to one side of said cabinet and having a portion thereo fbent normal thereto to form a tongue adaptecl to coact with the notchin. said door tongue; a spring, one end of which coacts with said plateto separate said tongues, and the other end of which coacts With saiddoor to open the same; a platform Suspended froni said plate; and anoperating rod connected with said plate.

2. In a cabinet; a substantially triangular shaped plate pivoted at onecoi-ner thereof to one side of the cabinet, and having one corner bentto form a door looking tongue; a spring with one end connected to thethird corner of said plate above said pvotal mounting, and the opposteend projecting through the cabinet to contact with the door thereof whenclosed; and a platform Suspended from said plate between said pivotalmountng and the cabinet door.

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affiX mysignature in the presence of two witnesses at Portland, County ofMultnonah, State of Oregon, this 3rd day of March, 1922. MACK LESTER.

VVtnesses L. J. RoBINsoN, C. F. BLAKE.

